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Ghana cannot have peaceful elections when the actions and inactions of citizens are contrary, said Mr. George Kwame Amoah, Regional Director of the Electoral Commission (EC) of Greater Accra.
Amoah, who described the recent violence at Odododiodio in Accra as horrible, urged everyone to respect the choice of others in the elections.
“This will help us prevent attacks, insults and intimidation, among others, that are infiltrating the politics of the country,” he said.
Amoah spoke at the launch of the Peacekeepers Campaign, started by the Pentecost Church in the Kaneshie Area, on the theme: “Seek peace and follow it.”
The campaign is expected to be repeated in 87 local assemblies within the 22 districts of the Church.
The members also took the opportunity to pray for the upcoming elections, political parties and security agencies among others.
The launch was characterized by patriotic songs, poetry recitals and a documentary on some incidents of electoral violence and its effects.
Amoah said that since Ghana had chosen the path of democracy, it was appropriate to allow political parties the freedom to campaign and that people should have the opportunity to freely choose candidates or parties with which they felt comfortable.
He said that countries that lost their peace through elections had to pay dearly for it and it had taken them many years to regain peace, noting that Ghana could not afford to lose the peace enjoyed by its citizens.
“Peace is invaluable, do not take it for granted, the countries that lost peace took many years to regain it. We need to seek peace even after the elections. “
Amoah congratulated the Church on the campaign and appealed to the people’s conscience about the need to keep the peace.
Ms. Elizabeth Sackey, Deputy Regional Minister of Greater Accra, urged everyone to “preach peace” and to desist from speaking out.
Ms. Lucille Hewlett Annan, Regional Director of the Greater Accra National Commission for Civic Education, noted that it would be difficult for people to enjoy their rights if there were no peace.
He called on citizens to turn to arbitration, litigation, mediation and alternative dispute resolution mechanisms instead of war to address their complaints.
Apostle Mike Etrue, the Kaneshie area chief of the Pentecost Church, appealed to young people to avoid being used as instruments of violence.
“Young people should not build their muscles with violence, but rather build the muscles of faith for peace,” he said, and that peace created the best atmosphere for evangelism.
He called on political leaders to seek peace because it remains paramount in Ghana’s democracy and development.
Apostle Etrue, also a member of the Executive Council of the Church of Pentecost, recalled that the Church, in 2016, embarked on a similar peace campaign and continued this year to ensure that the message of peace was preached to all within the communities. Church operations.
Source: GNA
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